Dave Matthews Band – Proudest Monkey (Guitar Tab)
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 02:01:15 -0400
From: "Scott Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: m/matthews_dave_band/proudest_monkey.tab
from Crash
by Dave Matthews Band
Song is in 3/4 time - very syncopated throughout
Intro - Slowly acoustic guitar - Dave Matthews --------------- ----------------- --------------- ----------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------6---- ---6----6----6--- ----6--4------- -----6-----4----- -4----------4-- -4-------------4- Figure 1 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---6----6----6--- ---6----6----6--- -----6-----4----- -----6-----4----- -4-------------4- -4-------------4-
Dave plays Figure 1 the entire song
Tim Reynolds - electric guitar clean tone - w/fingers plays this figure in bars 5 and 7 of Intro bars 6 and 8 are tacit --8------------ ------9---6--4- --8------------ -----10---6--6- --------------- ---------------
Verse 1
Swing in this tree......
Tim -8-- --8---------------- ---------- -------- --------- --------- ---- -----9--6--4------- ---------- -------- --------- --------- -8-- --8-----------5---- ---------- -------- --------- --------- ---- ----10--6--6--6---- --6--3---- --6---3- -6--6--3- ----6--3- ---- -----------------6- -----4--3- --3---4- -3--6--4- -3--6--4- ---- ------------------- --------4- -------- --------- -4------- --------- ----8-- --8----------- --8---------- --8---------4-- --------- ------- ------9--6--4- -----9--6--4- --9------6--4-- --------- ----8-- --8----------- --8---------- -----10-------- -6--6--3- ------- -----10--6--6- ----10--6--6- -10--10--6--6-- -3--6--4- -3----- -------------- ------------- --------------- --------- -4----- -------------- ------------- --------------- --8----- --8---------- ---8---- ------4--- --9----- -----9--6--4- ------9- -6--4----- -------- ------------- ---8---- ------5--- -10---8- -10-----6--6- -----10- -6--6----- -------- ------------- -------- ---------- -------- ------------- -------- ----------
2nd Verse
But then came the day......
and 3rd Verse(slight variations) Tim (w/pick) ------------------ ------------ ---------------- ---------- ------------------ ------------ ---------------- ---------- ------------------ ----5------- ----5--5-------- ----5----- ---6----6--3--3-3- ----6--6--3- ----6--6--3--6-- ----6--3-- ------6----4--4-4- -------6--4- ----6--6--4--3-- ----6--4-- -4---------------- -4---------- -4-------------- -4-------- ---------------- --------------- ------------ ---------------- --------------- ------------ -----5---------- -----5-------5- -5--5------- -----6-----3--6- -----6----3--3- -6--6--6--3- ---6----6--4--3- ---6---6--4---- -6--6--6--4- -4-------------- -4------------- -4--4--4----
These 5 bars during 2nd Verse
I went to the city.......
w/fingers w/pick ----8-------------- ---------------- ------------- -------9---9--6--4- ---------------- ------------- ----8--8----------- --5--5---------- ------5------ ----------10--6--6- --6--6----H--1--H--1---6--3-3- ------------------- -------1-3-4---3 4-----6--4-4- -4----------------- ---------------- ----4-------- -------------- --8----------- --4--4--6--6-- --9--9--6--4-- --5--5--6--6-- --8----------- --6--6--6--6-- --------6--6-- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
These 5 bars during 3rd Verse
That simple, simple life...............
w/fingers
-------------- --8------------- -----
-------------- -----9--6--4--4- ----- repeat last 2 bars ~5--5--------- --8------------- ----- ~6--6--------- ----10--6--6--6- ---3- -------3-3--6- ---------------- ---4- -------4-4--6- ---------------- -----
play following measures during both
2nd and 3rd(slight variations) verses
proudest monkey....... you've ever seen............
w/pick -------------------- ----------- ------------- ------------ -------------------- ----------- ------------- ------------ -----------5-------- ----------- ---5-5------- -----5-5---- -6-6666----6--3--3-- ----6---3-- ---6-6---3-6- ---6-6-6-3-- -----------6--4--4-- -6--6---4-- ---6-6-6-4-3- ---6-6-6-4-- --------4----------- -4--------- -4----------- -4----------
Guitar solo
There are 3 guitar parts
1 - Dave(acoustic) - continuing with Figure 1
2 - Tim (electric) - playing figure 2(see below)
3 - Tim (acoustic) - playing solo
Figure 2 - play with variations after first time
w/fingers
--8---------- --8--8--9-8--
-----9--6--4- -------------
--8---------- --8--8-10-8--
----10--6--6- -------------
------------- -------------
------------- -------------
Solo
-------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------------
-------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------------
-1---5------4- -3---3--1---1---5-3-1- ------3--8- -10-8-10--6-5-6-
---1----6-3--- ---1------1---3------- --1-1------ ----------------
-------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------------
-------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------------
----6---4-------------- ------------------- ----------------------
--4---4---6---4-------- ------------------- ------------------4-6-
------------6---5----3- ----3---5--3-----5- -5--3-------3---5-----
-------------------6--- -3----3------3-6--- --6---3-6-6---6-------
----------------------- ------------------- ----------------------
----------------------- ------------------- ----------------------
--------------4------- ---(3)~4--9-11---------
---4-------4------4~6- -4-6-----------9---9-9-
-5---5-3-1---1--1----- -----------------8-----
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---------------P----------- --------------------------
-9-9----------7-6---------- -P-----------P------------
-----10----10-----8-6-5-8-- 8-5---6-----8-5---8-------
-------(10)---------------6 ----6---6-------6----~10--
--------------------------- ----------6---------6-----
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---------------8--8--8--8- ----------------P---------
--10-10-10-10-11-11-10-11- 10----8-10-11-10-8-8-8-8--
-------------------------- ----11--------------------
-------------------------- --11----------------------
w/fingers
------------------------ ---------6-4-8-8-
----------------------9- -4-4-6-4-6-4-9-9-
---------------P----8--- ---5-6-5---------
-----8-10-11-10-8-8----- -----------------
---11------------------- -----------------
-11--------------------- -----------------
-6-4-----------------4--
-6-4---6-4-------4-6-4--
-----6-6-5-5-5-5-5-6----
-----------6-6-6--------
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------------------------go back for 3rd Verse
Then comes the day.........
then skip guitar solo
.........monkey see, monkey do, yeah
Outro - these bars repeat then fade out
Dave continues Figure 1
Tim w/fingers (variations on repeats) ----8-------------- --8---------- 4-------9--6--4--4- ------9--6--- 5---8-------------- --8---------- 6------10--6--6--6- -----10--6--- ------------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------
Scott Taylor
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